- Script
- Stan Lee (credited)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby (credited) (see notes); John Buscema (credited as J. Buscema) (see notes); John Romita (credited as J. Romita) (see notes)
- Inks
- Joe Sinnott (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Sam Rosen (credited)
- Job Number
- 520-Z
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Reed! Your viewscreen shows Janus -- plunging into the Negative Zone!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Fantastic Four: Human Torch [Johnny Storm] (also in flashback); Invisible Girl [Susan Storm Richards] (also in flashback); Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards] (also in flashback); The Thing [Ben Grimm] (also in flashback)
Annihilus (cameo); Nega-Man (also in flashback, origin, villain)
- Universe
- Marvel : mainstream
- Reprints
- in Die Fantastischen Vier (BSV - Williams, 1974 series) #104
- in Hit Comics Die fantastischen Vier (BSV - Williams, 1970 series) #233
- in De Vier Verdedigers Classics (Classics/Williams, 1971 series) #54 (1972)
- in I Fantastici Quattro (Editoriale Corno, 1971 series) #106 (29 Aprile 1975)
- in Une Aventure des Fantastiques (Editions Lug, 1973 series) #17 - Perdus dans le cosmos (4ème trimestre 1978)
- in Atlanticserien (Atlantic Förlags AB, 1978 series) #6/1979 ([juni] 1979) [2 sidor bortredigerade]
- in Atlantic-serien [Fantastiske Fire] (Atlantic Forlag, 1978 series) #6/1979 ([juni] 1979) [minus 2 pages]
- in Marvel's Greatest Comics (Marvel, 1969 series) #88 (May 1980) [edited; 1 page removed]
- in Marvel Selects: Fantastic Four (Marvel, 2000 series) #2 (February 2000)
- in Fantastic Four: The Lost Adventure (Marvel, 2008 series) #1 (April 2008)
- in Fantastic Four Omnibus (Marvel, 2005 series) #4 (2021)
Jack Kirby art appears on page 1 (inset panel); pgs 2-6; pg 7 (panels 1-3 and 6); pg 8 (panels 2,3 and 6); pg 9 (panel 1); pg 10; pg 11 (panels 1-4); pg 12 (panel 2); pgs 13-14; pg 15(panels 1-5); pg 16 (panels 3-6); pg 17 (panels 1-6 and 8).
John Buscema art appears on pg 1 (splash); pg 7 (panels 4,5,7); pg 8 (panels 1,4,5); pg 9 (panels 2-5); pg 11 (panels 5-6); pg 12 (panel 1); pg 15 (panel 6); pg 16 (panels 1-2); pg 17 (panel 7); pgs 18-20.
John Romita redrew the figures of Ben Grimm on pg 11; panels 5-6 and pg 12; panel 1, along with possibly a few other minor alterations throughout. Info per Nick Caputo, March 2015.
- Script
- Roy Thomas ?
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby (illustration)
- Inks
- Joe Sinnott (illustration)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Dear Stan, I read an interesting quote recently.
- Characters
- The Thing [Ben Grimm]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Crystal
- Reprints
Letters from: Jim Elston, Steve Smith, Jason Aronowitz, Harri Coloni, and Dave Manners; includes a panel from issue #102 and “Know Ye These, the Hallowed Ranks of Marveldom.”